Privacy Policy

INTRODUCTION

1. Akindelano Legal Practitioners (“ALP”, “We”, “Us”, “Our”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Policy explains how We collect, use, store, disclose, and protect your personal data in accordance with the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA) 2023 (as may be amended from time to time) and other applicable regulations (together “Applicable Data Protection Laws”).

1. We may collect personal information from you in the course of our business, including through your access and use of Our Website, when you correspond with Us by phone, email or otherwise, when you engage our legal services. This includes:
   1. Identification Data: including your name, date of birth, gender, nationality, education, international passport/government ID details, next of kin information and emergency contact information.
   2. Contact Data: including your address, phone numbers and email address.
   3. Professional Data: including your job title/designation, employer and employment history.
   4. Financial Data: including your bank details, payment records, invoices, tax details.
   5. Legal Services Related Data: including documents and correspondence relevant to your legal matter.
   6. Technical Data: including your IP address, browser type, device information, cookies, and website usage statistics.
   7. Personal Sensitive Data: including your health, medical, religion, ethnicity, tribe, race, biometric information.
2. We may receive information about you from other sources such as a client, other legal practitioners, the Courts or, your employer, regulators and other government agencies.

1. We may use your personal information for the following purposes:
   1. To allow Us to provide our legal services; carry out Our obligations arising from any engagement/contract; and, to manage Our relationship with you and Our clients.
   2. To comply with a Court order; statutory, regulatory and legal obligations; to enforce Our rights; and protect the rights of third parties.
   3. To respond to your inquiries, matters, or applications; to allow you to request information about Our legal services; and, to process payments, invoices, and contracts.
   4. To manage recruitment, employment and to assess your suitability for any position for which you may apply at ALP.
   5. To maintain Our Website; improve user experience; ensure cybersecurity; and to ensure that content on Our Website is presented in the most effective manner.
   6. To provide you with newsletters, thought leadership, legal updates, and event invitations (where you have consented).

1. You agree that We have the right to share and disclose your personal information with:
   1. Our professional advisers and consultants such as lawyers, accountants, auditors, recruitment agencies and business development consultants.
   2. The Courts, regulators and other government agencies in compliance with legal obligation and third parties engaged in the course of the legal services we provide such as opposing counsel, arbitrators, mediators, and witnesses. 
   3. Our insurers and selected trusted third parties, including suppliers and other people to whom we outsource certain services such as IT support, document/filing management services, courier services.
   4. With your consent, to other third parties where required.
   5. analytics and search engine providers that assist Us in the improvement and optimization of Our Website.
   6. If We are under a duty to disclose or share your personal in order to enforce or apply Our Terms and Conditions and other agreements; or to protect Our rights, property, or safety or protect the rights property. 
   7. Any other third party required to effectively provide Our legal services. 

1. When you visit the Website, We may store some information (commonly known as a ‘cookie’) on your computer. Cookies are small files of information which use a unique identification tag and are stored on your device as a result of using the Website. Our Website may also utilize cookies and other similar technologies to collect information about your general internet usage.
2. You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of Our Website. 
3. We use cookies for the following reasons:
   1. To estimate Our Website’s users’ size and usage pattern.
   2. To store information about your preferences, and allow Us to customize Our Website according to your interests.
   3. To speed up your searches.
   4. To recognize you when you return to Our Website.
   5. To recall personal information previously provided by you.
   6. To improve Our Website and deliver a better and personalized service.

1. As mentioned above, We may use the services of certain third parties, for the purpose of operating and administering the Website. Such third party service providers may collect the information sent by your browser as part of a web page request, including cookies and your IP address and such information will be governed by the privacy policies of the third party service providers.

1. We endeavour to securely store all information We gather within databases controlled by Us. We may however, store information in locations outside our direct control.
2. Our databases are stored on secured servers. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet and the world wide web is not completely secure. Therefore, your use of Our Website will be at your own risk. Although We will do Our best to protect your personal information, We cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to Our Website. Once We have received your personal information, We will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
3. We assume no liability for any disclosure of information due to errors in transmission, unauthorized third party access or other acts of third parties, or acts or omissions beyond Our reasonable control and you agree that you will not hold Us responsible for any breach of security. 
4. In the event We become aware of any breach of the security of your personal information, We endeavour to take appropriate action to the best of Our ability to remedy such a breach.

1. In the course of providing our services, some personal information data (e.g., via cloud services) may be transferred and stored outside Nigeria. Where this occurs, we ensure appropriate safeguards in line with the Applicable Data Protection Laws.

1. We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your personal information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies. 

1. We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other websites even if you access them using links from Our Website. We recommend that you check the privacy policy of each website you visit and contact its owner or operator if you have any concerns or questions.
2. If you linked to Our Website from a third party website, We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners or operators of that third party website. We recommend that you check the privacy policy of that third party website and contact its owner or operator if you have any concerns or questions.

1. The Applicable Data Protection Laws gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Applicable Data Protection Laws. 
2. Any access request will be subject to a charge of a reasonable administrative fee to meet the costs in providing you with details of the information We hold about you.

AKINDELANO LEGAL PRACTITIONERS
21, Military Street,
Onikan, Lagos.